Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Diminutive of collo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kolˈlet.to/
  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: col‧lét‧to

Noun edit

colletto m (plural colletti)

  1. collar
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin collēctus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kolˈlet.to/, (traditional) /kolˈlɛt.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -etto, (traditional) -ɛtto
  • Hyphenation: col‧lét‧to, (traditional) col‧lèt‧to

Adjective edit

colletto (feminine colletta, masculine plural colletti, feminine plural collette)

  1. (poetic, archaic) gathered, collected

References edit

  1. ^ colletto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

  • colletto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana